Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 03:34:36 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Kathy Quinlan <katinka@magestower.com>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, N6REJ <n6rej@tcsn.net>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm leaving Message-ID: <20010513033434.A54250@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20010513122623.I97034@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 12:26:23PM %2B0200 References: <002b01c0db54$e0febaa0$5599ca3f@disappointment> <20010513171444.E26123@welearn.com.au> <00f401c0db7e$ff3ca2a0$fe00a8c0@kat.lan> <20010513122623.I97034@lpt.ens.fr>
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--6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 12:26:23PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > Would it be a good idea to have a "default GUI install" as one of the > install options, which sets up either KDE or GNOME, and a web browser, > and desktop icons for the HTML-ised version of the FreeBSD handbook? Jordan and others have tried many times to get people to submit good, newbie-friendly "default GUI environments", with close to zero community response. Yes, it would be a good idea, SOMEONE PLEASE DO THE WORK! :-) Kris P.S. We do have the option to install a variety of Window Managers with support environment from sysinstall thesedays, but AFAIK these are pretty bog-standard with little to no FreeBSD customization. --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6/mM6Wry0BWjoQKURAuyVAKCsEnqjE3uitGuoominBsdi+V2yNQCZAd8l MV4NRpAHQ98Vwvl/5OGyv+U= =puSG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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